Forget About Travel Routers and VPNs – Use Your Raspberry Pi as a VPN Router and Get Unbreakable VPN Connectivity with Speedify!
You want one small box in your bag that gives all your devices private, fast internet. A Raspberry Pi running Speedify does it.
Speedify is software for the Pi that encrypts traffic so nobody on the internet can read it, and merges the internet connections available – a public Wi-Fi, a phone’s 4G/5G cellular data, wired Ethernet – into one faster internet connection the Pi shares out to your laptop and phone.
The build below comes in two parts, combining the internet connections and turning the Pi into a router, leaving you with travel internet that is private, faster, and does not die when the Wi-Fi connection does.
With Speedify, your internet stays on when one connection fails.
When one of your connections drops, Speedify automatically routes your traffic to your remaining connections — so calls don't cut out and downloads don't stall.
Raspberry Pi Bonding VPN Router Step 1: Combine Connections
Bonding Internet Connections on Raspberry Pi: Done! Time to Setup the VPN Router
Two connections are better than one – the more, the merrier, for that matter. And we don’t mean switching between them, but using them simultaneously, to maintain the current session. This comes in handy whenever you need a stable and fast Internet connection. Examples include live streaming, online gaming, traveling, day trading, or reporting from the field.
The technology behind this is called channel bonding / link aggregation. It refers to methods of using multiple Internet connections simultaneously to increase the throughput capacity beyond what a single connection can sustain. When combining connections, another important benefit is getting a reliable connection. If one of the connections should go bad or disconnect, the overall bonded Internet will stay online thanks to the other connections that are still working.
It’s very easy to combine 2 or more Internet connections on your Raspberry Pi using Speedify for Linux:
- Get a Speedify for Linux subscription. Prices start at $8.99 / month or $50 for a whole year. You will get an email with instructions on where to get the Linux (Ubuntu and Raspberry Pi OS) version.
- Install and configure Speedify on Ubuntu or Raspberry Pi OS – just follow the instructions in our knowledge base.
- Add the connections you want to bond. Follow the instructions available in our knowledge base.
As mentioned before, you can easily turn a Raspberry Pi into a VPN router for when you travel or even for home. This is very easily done with Speedify for Linux, which includes scripts to share the bonded VPN connection you created before over Wi-Fi or Ethernet.
- To configure Speedify as a Hotspot, please follow the instructions in our knowledge base. Or watch the video below from the Speedify YouTube channel.
- If you prefer to setup a wired VPN router, configure Speedify as such. See the steps you need to take here.
Why Speedify Is the Best Solution to Power Your Raspberry Pi VPN Router
Unlike other scripts and VPN solutions, Speedify brings to the table 2 features at once:
- the ability to combine 2 or more connections together via channel bonding technology
- secure and private online traffic through VPN-grade encryption.
You’ll be getting all the functionalities of a regular Raspberry Pi VPN router, and more. You’ll actually travel with an advanced VPN router that is very flexible when it comes to accepted internet connections, combining them and setting usage rules.
Plus – by getting a Speedify subscription, you will be able to use it on your other devices. These include computers and mobile devices running Windows, macOS, Linux, Android, and iOS.
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